End-of-Year FX Education Take advantage of end-of-year foreign exchange (FX) education by completing our 6 part foreign exchange risk management training program. Whether you need to research a foreign exchange educational topic related to your global business, or want to simulate a foreign exchange risk management strategy using our interactive examples, we offer a wide array of quality informational topics and tools that can help you manage FX risk. FX Initiative is designed to make complex foreign currency matters simple and manageable, and is accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week to meet your global business needs whenever and wherever a foreign exchange opportunity arises so you can make the right decisions to meet your FX objectives. FX Initiative helps Banking & Treasury Professionals answer FX risk management questions such as: How to manage currency risk? How to draft a FX risk policy? Where to look for FX risk exposures? What currency risks to hedge and how? Which strategies meet FX hedge objectives? What are the economics? How to do FX accounting? Get acquainted with all of the educational topics and interactive examples available exclusively to subscribers. We encourage you to start by watching our 6 part online video series, then review and test with quizzes and CPE exams, and reinforce learning using real-world examples. Throughout your learning experience, feel free to visit our terms glossary and frequently asked questions for clarification or contact our support department for help along the way. Student Subscribers have access to the following 6 one-hour long currency risk management educational videos, as well as review quizzes, CPE Exams, CPE Credits, and Certificates of Completion: Foreign Exchange (FX) Market Overview FX Risk Exposures FX Risk Management FX Spot & Derivatives Hedging FX Transactions Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries Professional Subscribers have access to all Student benefits, plus access to our complete suite of interactive examples to help reinforce learning concepts and model risk management strategies: Currency Code Locator FX Risk Policy Drafter FX Derivative Speculator FX Transaction Simulator FX Subsidiary Consolidator FX Initiative training is available 24/7 365 to help you with FX risk policies, FX accounting, FX hedge strategies, and everything FX risk management related. Controllers and consultants alike can enhance their foreign exchange policies and procedures and simulate common hedging strategies using our collection of tools to clarify complex issues in real time to predictably mitigate currency risk when transacting across borders. FX Initiative is focused on foreign exchange and continuously strives to deliver world class foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events on currency risk management. To take advantage of end-of-year foreign exchange (FX) education, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Risk Management Training > December 12, 2023By FX Initiative General accounting, business, corporation, CPE, currency, development, education, events, examples, finance, forex, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiaitve, management, multinational, options, payments, proffessional, risk, spot, trading, training, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
October 2023 Newsletter Fall FX Training & Tips: Explore our October newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Scale the learning curve quickly and easily with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter October 3, 2023By FX Initiative General accounting, business, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, finance, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, options, payments, professional, risk, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
White Label FX Web Applications FX Initiative's white label web applications are designed to help treasury professionals and FX sales teams with a wide variety of foreign exchange (FX) risk management challenges and opportunities. Whether you are creating a FX risk policy or analyzing economic and accounting scenarios, our risk models and strategy simulations share best practices in easily understandable formats. Examples include: FX Risk Policy FX Terms Glossary ISO Currency Codes Foreign Subsidiaries FX Revenues FX Expenses FX Receivables FX Payables FX Spot Transactions FX Forward Contracts FX Option Contracts FX Zero Cost Collars Our white label web applications are branded with the client's logo and embedded as an iframe into the client's website. An iframe is one of the most convenient HTML structures, and is an embedded window on the client’s web page that shows content hosted on FX Initiative’s servers. In 4 simple steps, our solutions can be deployed on the client's website quickly and easily with minimal technology resources. Learn More September 26, 2023By FX Initiative General, Partnerships accounting, applications, ASC, BIS, branding, business, collars, corporation, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, education, events, examples, FASB, finance, forex, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, hedging, IASB, initiative, international, ISO, learning, management, multinational, options, partnerships, professional, risk, training, treasury, white label, WTO 0 0 Comment
Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates (Video): Recognize how businesses use specific foreign exchange (FX) rates, such as the daily FX spot rate or prior month end FX spot rate, for accounting purposes to record FX transactions on the financial statements. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s Balance Sheet Hedging webinar as part of Learning Objective #4. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training August 21, 2023By FX Initiative FX Risk Exposures, FX Risk Management accounting, business, CPE, cross border, cuurency, derivatives, development, economics, finance, forwards, FXCPE, fxinitiative, hedging, initiative, international, management, options, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Highlighting FX Hedge Objectives Highlighting FX Hedge Objectives (Video): Discover how public and private companies prioritize earnings and cash flows when hedging foreign exchange (FX) risk. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s Hedging FX Transactions course as part of Learning Objective #1. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training August 8, 2023By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, Hedging FX Transactions accounting, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, economics, expenses, finance, forex, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, hedging, initiative, management, options, policy, revenues, risk, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Pricing FX Put & Call Options Pricing FX Put & Call Options (Video): Learn the 6 variables that are used to price foreign exchange (FX) options in the Garman-Kohlhagen option pricing model. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Spot & Derivatives course as part of Learning Objective #2. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training July 18, 2023By FX Initiative FX Spot & Derivatives, FX Transaction Simulator accounting, business, cashflows, collars, community, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, finance, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, options, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
Fine-tuning FX Forecasting Fine-tuning FX Forecasting (Video): Find out how FX forecasters use technical and fundamental analysis to predict future exchange rates. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Market Overview course as part of Learning Objective #4. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training July 11, 2023By FX Initiative FX Market Overview accounting, corprorate, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, education, events, examples, finance, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, mulinational, options, organization, payments, paymetns, policy, profeesional, risk, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
July 2023 Newsletter Summer FX Learning Sessions: Explore our July newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Get started with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter July 2, 2023By FX Initiative General accounting, business, collars, corporate, CPE, cross border, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, ethics, expenses, finance, forex, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, options, payments, pricing, professional, rates, revenue, risk, trading, training, transactions, treasury 0 0 Comment
An Overview of FX Options An Overview of FX Options (Video): Explore the value drivers of foreign exchange (FX) put and call options, and recognize the payoff profile of option contracts. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Spot & Derivatives course as part of Learning Objective #2. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training June 13, 2023By FX Initiative Examples, FX Derivative Speculator, FX Spot & Derivatives, FX Transaction Simulator accounting, business, collars, cpe, currency, derivatives, development, economics, exchange, expenses, finance, foreign, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, operations, options, payments, professional, revenue, risk, sales, spot, technology, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Conquering Currency Risk Management Conquering currency risk management involves identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing various foreign exchange (FX) exposures, and developing and implementing a coordinated and systematic plan that utilizes company resources efficiently and effectively to mitigate and optimize FX risk. An important part of mitigating FX risk is hedging exposures such as revenues, expenses, receivables, payables, assets, liabilities, and equity. The degree to which companies implement adequate foreign exchange risk management practices can vary substantially, from not managing the risk at all to engaging in robust hedging activities. As a result, the FX impact on the bottom line can vary widely across organizations. Global companies face questions including, but not limited to: How to manage currency risk? How to draft a FX risk policy? Where to look for FX risk exposures? What currency risks to hedge and how? Which strategies meet FX hedge objectives? What are the economics? How to do FX accounting? That's a lot of questions! It's time to take the FX Initiative! FX Initiative's foreign exchange risk management training starts with watching our online video series about: Foreign Exchange (FX) Market Overview FX Risk Exposures FX Risk Management FX Spot & Derivatives Hedging FX Transactions Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries Then, review and test with quizzes and CPE exams, and reinforce learning using real examples with our: Currency Code Locator FX Risk Policy Drafter FX Derivative Speculator FX Transaction Simulator FX Subsidiary Consolidator FX Initiative training is available 24/7 365 to help you with FX risk policies, FX accounting, FX hedging strategies, FX risk management, and more. Are you ready to manage FX risk? Become a FX Initiative subscriber today and access our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Managing FX risk has become a higher priority for many firms in 2022 and it is now easier than ever to learn the fundamentals of currency risk management. Make this the year to reduce FX risk and reap rewards abroad by taking the FX Initiative for your international business today! Start FX Risk Management Training > April 11, 2023By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, business, cash flows, CPE, cross-border, currency, derivatives, development, economics, exchange, finance, financial reporting, foreign, forward, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, multinational, options, payments, professional, risk, spot, strategies, training, treasury 0 0 Comment